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This economics paper finds a 2.84% wage penalty for Canadians who know a foreign language and an even greater penalty for Canadians who use these languages at work. I proceed to decompose the results by language and occupation to find varying results. I also attempt to use a religion proxy to see whether it changes a foreign language's wage effects with mixed results.
https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/uer/vol14/iss1/5/
Winning travelogue for the Enchanting Travels Travel Writer Award 2017, exploring my 2016 travel experiences in Europe and India.
https://www.enchantingtravels.com/travel-blog/travel-writer-award-finalist-peter-ki/
My first blog article for the Student Life Network on how to learn a language.
This position entails being part of the editorial team of an undergraduate economics journal at the University of British Columbia. As a senior editor, I am assigned a junior editor as one team to review different economics papers submitted to the journal and to assess which papers make it to the next round. I am also tasked with making line edits for each stage while ensuring that the junior editor is on task to the same.
Company: IONA Journal of Economics.
I worked there from 1/2018 until 4/2018
This position involved cleaning up, improving, and formatting content from the rough notes of an International Trade course. I was responsible for highlighting editing changes for the economics professor while creating new versions of notes to send. I was also tasked with summarizing parts of academic papers or other relevant documents to be included in these class notes.
Company: The University of British Columbia (for an Economics Professor)
I worked there from 8/2017 until 11/2017
With this Indian NGO, I was responsible for a variety of different tasks. On the communications end, I assisted the Social Media Strategist with assignments concerning content writing, graphic art, and public audience numbers. I also created website, blog, newsletter, and email content while assisting the team in editing reports, documents, and press releases for spelling and grammatical errors.
Company: Research and Communications Intern
I worked there from 7/2016 until 12/2016
Supported the event planning of the 10th Annual Mega Job Fair & Business Expo, where I was mainly tasked with maintaining the website both for web development and content. I was also responsible for attracting local businesses to be potential exhibitors via phone, email, and in-person correspondence. Finally, I had a couple opportunities to create advertorials for major newspapers in Vancouver.
Company: Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society
I worked there from 5/2017 until 8/2017
In this student organization, I was mainly responsible for contributing to social media and outreach initiatives to promote the organization's events. As the Social Media Coordinator, I maintained a consistent social media presence that pertained to informing the public on any subject matter relevant to bettering society in a multitude of ways. I also prepared a transition document for the next Coordinator.
Company: IdeasXchange Organization (formerly Values in Perspective)
I worked there from 12/2014 until 12/2015